Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Ajay Narola, Alka Joshi, Shruti Sethi, Bindvi Arora, Pranita Jaiswal and Soham Luhana

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. This study estimated the shelf life of control banana powder (CBP) and foam mat dried powder (FDP). both samples were stored under accelerated environments (temperature = 30 ℃, 40 ℃, and 50 ℃, relative humidity (RH) = 75%, 84%, and 92%) for twelve days. Products were evaluated by a descriptive sensory panel at four-time points for each shelf-life condition. The accelerated shelf-life test (ASLT) agreed that FDP had the highest shelf life of nine months. However, CBP had only four months of shelf-life. The results indicated that FDP has a high potential for use as an alternative complementary food and maintains quality for long storage periods.